Junior Buyer

Overview

Junior Buyer role at Hitachi Energy in Bengaluru, executing material purchase requests and supporting supplier management under supervision.

What you'll do

• Execute material purchase requests according to required technical specification, price, delivery schedule and terms.
• Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures under supervision.
• Recommend and support in identifying new suppliers and coordinate with relevant category team.
• Follow the process to qualify new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering specialists.
• Support in negotiating agreements with main suppliers, periodically renew pricelists, terms and conditions, and feed back recommendations.
• Adapt corporate contractual framework to local business needs.
• Recommend frame agreements to management and ensure approved contractual terms in execution.
• Analyse and evaluate bids within scope to determine optimal value.
• Align supplier orders with customer requirements (based on ERP or SOP/project requirements) in terms of content, quality, delivery, sustainability and price.
• Conduct all Supply Chain activities for goods and services in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Keep the Pro-Supply global supplier relationship management platform updated as defined in Pro-Supply procedure within scope of activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Live Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or postgraduate degree in any field.
• 2-3 years of experience in Procurement, Buyer, or Supply Chain.
• Basic knowledge of SAP, Ariba, and Microsoft Office package.
• Proficiency in both spoken and written English.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Full time; not remote.